1945年1月9日清晨，15架SB2C、6架TBM與7架護航的F6F從美國海軍提康德羅加號航空母艦（CV-14）起飛，執行對台攻擊任務，主要目標是中部的公館飛行場。不過台灣地區在冬季的天候往往不佳，這一天也不例外，中部上空完全被雲層籠罩，這批飛機只好往南飛行，找尋其他適合攻擊的目標。他們在高雄地區上空雲層的開口發現一座大型機場，於是立刻逮住機會發動攻擊。事後，美軍根據當天的照片確認被攻擊的是屏東飛行場。On the morning of January 9, 1945, fifteen SB2C and 6 TBM, escorted by seven F6F, took off from the USN aircraft carrier Ticonderoga (CV-14) for an attack mission against Formosa. Their primary target was Toyohara Airdrome in central Taiwan. However, extremely bad weather was encountered on their way to the target area and Toyohara was completely obscured. The flight headed for south to look for holes in the clouds but found no openings until reaching the Takao area. A large airbase was noted through the openings in the clouds and attack was at once initiated. The base was later identified as Heito Airdrome from photos taken in the mission.

機隊中的SB2C主要轟炸的對象是行政區和棚廠：The SB2C dropped their bombs on administration buildings and hangars:

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上圖左側可以看到幾架雙引擎的飛機，下圖是放大後的影像。Twin=engine aircraft can be seen on the left side of the photo above. The following image is the enlarged version.

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有兩架TBM對機場南面的鐵路進行攻擊：Two TBM dropped bombs along the railway south of the field:

美軍在這次行動中損失了一架SB2C，它完成俯衝攻擊後脫離爬升到4000呎的雲層後就不見蹤影，機上的兩名乘員被判定失蹤。An SB2C of VB-80 failed to return. It was last seen after pull-out flying into the cloud layer at 4000′ and smoking slightly. Lt. Palmer and ARM3c Ring were declared missing in action.